Monitor Solver Progress
While a solver job is running, deFlex shows a real-time progress indicator in the viewport status bar and provides a compliance sparkline popup for quick convergence checks.
Status bar progress indicator
The viewport status bar runs along the bottom of the viewport. When a job is running, a progress section appears on the right side of the bar:
- A pulsing blue dot indicates an active solve is in progress.
- A progress bar shows how far the solve has progressed as a percentage. The bar fills from left to right based on the ratio of completed iterations to total iterations.
Click the progress bar to open the compliance sparkline popup.
Compliance sparkline popup
Clicking the progress bar opens a small floating popup above it. The popup contains:
- A title reading "Compliance vs Iteration".
- A sparkline chart showing compliance values plotted against iteration number. The chart renders once at least two data points are available.
- Axis labels showing "Iter 1" on the left and the latest iteration number on the right.
The sparkline gives a quick visual check on whether the solver is converging. A well-behaved solve shows compliance decreasing and flattening over time.
Click outside the popup or press Escape to close it.
What to look for during a running solve
| Signal | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Compliance decreasing steadily | Normal convergence. The optimizer is finding a stiffer (or more compliant, depending on the objective) design. |
| Compliance flat early on | May indicate the optimizer converged quickly, or that the problem is too easy for the given mesh resolution. |
| Compliance oscillating | The optimizer may be struggling. Consider checking your boundary conditions and mesh resolution. |
| Progress bar stuck at 0% | The solver may be waiting in the queue or performing initial setup. |
Solver Scope panel
For a more detailed view of convergence metrics over time, open the Solver Scope panel by clicking the Scope button in the results toolbar. The Solver Scope panel shows full-size convergence charts with tabs for compliance, volume fraction, stress, design change, and per-pair K_p values. See the Convergence Panel reference for details.
The Solver Scope panel opens automatically when a new solver job starts.
Related pages
- Convergence Panel -- full convergence chart reference.
- Run Analysis -- how to start a solver job.
- Interpret Results -- what to do after the solve completes.